ISIS fills vacuum created by Bush war on Iraq

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Smoke rises from a bomb planted by Islamic State militants after it was detonated near the Iraqi village of Tuz Khurmatu in Salaheddin province, about 55 miles south of Kirkuk, on Sunday. Iraqi forces broke through to the jihadist-besieged Shiite town of Amerli, where thousands of people have been trapped for more than two months with dwindling food and water supplies.

Smoke rises from a bomb planted by Islamic State militants after it was detonated near the Iraqi village of Tuz Khurmatu in Salaheddin province, about 55 miles south of Kirkuk, on Sunday. Iraqi forces broke through to the jihadist-besieged Shiite town of Amerli, where thousands of people have been trapped for more than two months with dwindling food and water supplies. (ALI AL-SAADI, AFP/Getty Images)